Posted on 06/20/2008 7:24:07 AM PDT by robertvance
Now in June, just under two months before the start of the Olympics games, I have been hard pressed to find any news stories about EV71. The story seems to have dropped 'off the radar' as people have focused their attention on the earthquake relief effort. When I ask Chinese people about the virus, some of them give me a strange look and ask 'what in the world' I am talking about. Others just smile and tell me that they have no idea what happened to the virus; many assume that the government 'cured' it. Others tell me that they have not seen any mention of the virus on Chinese television for a few weeks. "It's like other things that happen in China," a Chinese friend told me today. "Sometimes stories just disappear."
A check of the WHO international website as well as the Chinese website reveals little current information about EV71. In fact, when I search the Chinese site for information about EV71 or Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease, nothing is found. I have also looked for a report about the virus which according to the international WHO website, can be found on the Chinese site; so far, no luck.
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BO cured it.
And healed the lepers, too.
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